The Hobbit Reading Prompts
READING WORKSHOP RESPONSE TOPICS
Please keep this in your notebook. You will use it for all your responses. Answer different questions for every book. You should not answer the same question twice, even for a different novel.
1. Look for a list of other books by this author in the front of the book. Do the titles of the books seem to have anything in common? Are they structurally similar? Does this indicate anything to you about the author or the books?
2. Check the oldest copyright date in the front of the book. While reading the book, what indicates that it is from this time period? How do you think it would be different if it had been written 15 years before or after it was?
3. Name someone who would or would not like your book; explain why you think this; tell what would have to be changed about the book so that the person would change his/her opinion?
4. Time warp a character to the Atlanta area today. How would his/her life change? Be specific. Would it be difficult for that character to adjust? What would your friends/family think about this person if they met him/her? Explain.
5. Discuss how something that a character did affected himself and/or other people in a way that was unexpected. Have you ever been surprised at the results of something you did. Explain.
6. Pick a character to give a present. What would it be? Why?
7. Discuss the one thing that one of the characters would not want others to know about & explain why he/she would want to keep it a secret.
8. What is the most offensive thing about your book? Explain why it bothers you. Why do you think the author included it? If it had been left out, would it have improved the book?
9. Discuss a similarity or difference between you and one of the book’s characters.
10. Describe your favorite part of the book or your favorite character and explain why you like that.
11. Criticize your book or its author or a character and give an example of what you don’t like about
Please keep this in your notebook. You will use it for all your responses. Answer different questions for every book. You should not answer the same question twice, even for a different novel.
1. Look for a list of other books by this author in the front of the book. Do the titles of the books seem to have anything in common? Are they structurally similar? Does this indicate anything to you about the author or the books?
2. Check the oldest copyright date in the front of the book. While reading the book, what indicates that it is from this time period? How do you think it would be different if it had been written 15 years before or after it was?
3. Name someone who would or would not like your book; explain why you think this; tell what would have to be changed about the book so that the person would change his/her opinion?
4. Time warp a character to the Atlanta area today. How would his/her life change? Be specific. Would it be difficult for that character to adjust? What would your friends/family think about this person if they met him/her? Explain.
5. Discuss how something that a character did affected himself and/or other people in a way that was unexpected. Have you ever been surprised at the results of something you did. Explain.
6. Pick a character to give a present. What would it be? Why?
7. Discuss the one thing that one of the characters would not want others to know about & explain why he/she would want to keep it a secret.
8. What is the most offensive thing about your book? Explain why it bothers you. Why do you think the author included it? If it had been left out, would it have improved the book?
9. Discuss a similarity or difference between you and one of the book’s characters.
10. Describe your favorite part of the book or your favorite character and explain why you like that.
11. Criticize your book or its author or a character and give an example of what you don’t like about